Michael Kang is a Korean American filmmaker based in New York and Los Angeles. His feature film directorial debut The Motel which was produced by Indie veteran director Miguel Arteta (Chuck & Buck, The Good Girl) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is currently on DVD through Palm Pictures. The Motel is the recipient of the Humanitas Prize as well as the top jury prizes from the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival,The San Diego Asian Film Festival and The VC Film Festival. Most recently, The Motel was nominated for Best First Feature Film by The Independent Spirit Awards. Recently, Michael was honored with a National Endowment for the Arts Artist’s Residency Grant at The MacDowell Colony. Michael is recipient of the Geri Ashur Award in screenwriting through the New York Foundation for the Arts. Michael also received a fellowship through the ABC / DGA New Talent Television Directing Program.
Michael will premiere his second feature West 32nd which is being produced by Teddy Zee (Hitch, Saving Face) and features John Cho (Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle), Grace Park (Battlestar Galactica) and Jeong Jun Ho (My Hero, My Boss) at The Tribeca Film Festival.

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